The document defines key terms related to the water cycle, including condensation, evaporation, precipitation, snow, rain, hail, surface runoff, transpiration, and accumulation. It explains that condensation is the act of condensing or becoming more compact, while evaporation is matter passing off as vapor. Precipitation, snow, rain, and hail describe different forms of condensed water falling from the atmosphere. Surface runoff and transpiration are parts of the water cycle involving water flow over land and through plants. Accumulation also refers to investing terms.

1. The Water Cycle By Big Papa

2. Condensation The act of condensing; the state of being condensed or the result of being made more compact or dense.

3. Evaporation Matter or the quantity of matter evaporated or passed off in vapor.

4. Precipitation Falling products of condensation in the atmosphere as rain, snow or hail.

5. Snow A precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.

6. Rain Water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops.

7. Hail Frozen rain (a solid) that falls down to earth.

8. Surface Runoff Water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flow over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle.

9. Transpiration The act or process of transpiring, especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin.

10. Accumulation In institutional investing, it is the action of a large investor buying up many shares of a public company over an extended period of time.